11-4-26
THE BIGGEST RACE IN LOUISIANA DURING TUESDAY’S MIDTERM ELECTION WAS FOR A U-S SENATE SEAT. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE RESULT.
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CLAY HIGGINS HAS WON ANOTHER TERM IN THE U-S HOUSE REPRESENTING LOUISIANA’S THIRD DISTRICT. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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DON LANDRY RETAINED HIS JOB AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR LAFAYETTE, ACADIA AND VERMILLION PARISHES. HE GARNERED FIFTY-SIX PERCENT OF THE VOTE TO STAVE OFF A CHALLENGE FROM KRISTIAN EARLES. IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH, DISTRICT ATTORNEY LAUREN HEINEN GOT MOST OF THE VOTE BUT NOT FIFTY PERCENT. SO, SHE WILL HEAD TO A RUNOFF AGAINST RICHARD OUSTALET.
HERE ARE SOME LAFAYETTE PARISH RESULTS. CARENCRO MAYOR CHARLOTTE STEMMANS CLAVIER WILL HAVE TO GO TO A RUNOFF TO RETAIN HER SEAT. ERIC KNIGHT GOT THE SECOND MOST VOTES TO QUALIFY FOR THE RUNOFF. YOUNGSVILLE POLICE CHIEF J-P BROUSSARD WON REELECTION WHILE CALEB LEGE WILL BE THE NEXT POLICE CHIEF FOR SCOTT. IN JUDGE RACES, JUDGE SUSAN THEALL WAS REELECTED TO THE FIFTEENTH DISTRICT COURT WHILE DAVID WAY DEFEATED WILL KEATY FOR ANOTHER SEAT ON THAT COURT.
IN OTHER MAYORAL RACES, CROWLEY MAYOR CHAD MONCEAUX AND RAYNE MAYOR CHUCK ROBICHAUX WON REELECTION EASILY. JULIUS ALSANDOR WILL HAVE TO WIN A RUNOFF IN ORDER TO WIN REELECTION AS MAYOR OF OPELOUSAS. ONE OF SIX CHALLENGERS, KENON LAMB, RECEIVED THE MOST VOTES IN THE PRIMARY AND WILL GO AGAINST ALSANDOR. VILLE PLATTE MAYOR RYAN LEDAY WILLIAMS GOT A SOLID MAJORITY OF THE VOTE TO WIN REELECTION. EUNICE MAYOR SCOTT FONTENOT WAS REELECTED WITH SIXTY PERCENT OF THE VOTE.
HERE ARE SOME NOTABLE POLICE CHIEF RACES. CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF TROY HEBERT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY REELECTED. WHILE CHURCH POINT POLICE CHIEF DALE THIBODEAUX ALSO WON HIS RACE. BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE CHIEF BUZ LEBLANC RETAINED HIS SEAT. OPELOUSAS POLICE CHIEF GRAIG LEBLANC GOT MOST OF THE VOTES BUT NOT FIFTY PERCENT. HE WILL FACE A RUNOFF AGAINST YOLANDA LEWIS. IN AN OPEN SEAT, DEE ARVIE GOT SIXTY-THREE PERCENT TO BECOME VILLE PLATTE’S NEXT POLICE CHIEF.
THERE WERE TEN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ON THE BALLOT. ALL PASSED EXCEPT FOR THREE. THOSE REJECTED WERE AMENDMENT TWO, WHICH ADJUSTED A PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE RATE, AMENDMENT FIVE, WHICH WOULD HAVE REMOVED A REQUIREMENT THAT RETIREMENT SYSTEMS PAY THE OLDEST DEBT FIRST, AND AMENDMENT TEN, WHICH WOULD HAVE AUTHORIZED A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR REHABILITATED PROPERTIES.
